Micranthes careyana |
Micranthes rufidula |
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Carey's saxifrage |
rusty-hair saxifrage |
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Habit | Plants often mat-forming, with extensive rhizomes. | Plants solitary or in groups, with bulbils on caudices, or rhizomatous. |
Leaves | basal; petiole flattened, 1–7 cm; blade rounded or broadly ovate to oblong, 1–7 cm, thin, base truncate, margins coarsely serrate to dentate, sparsely ciliate, surfaces sparsely to ± densely tangled, reddish brown-hairy. |
basal; petiole flattened, 4–8 cm; blade ovate to elliptic, 1–4 cm, fleshy, base attenuate to ± truncate, margins serrate (15–30- toothed), eciliate, surfaces densely tangled, reddish brown-hairy abaxially, glabrous adaxially. |
Inflorescences | 40+-flowered, lax, open thyrses, 10–40(–50) cm, purple-tipped stipitate-glandular. |
15+-flowered, open, flat-topped thyrses, 5–20 cm, purple-tipped stipitate-glandular; (bracts often tangled brown-hairy). |
Flowers | sepals spreading, broadly ovate; petals white, sometimes some with 2 faint, basal yellow spots (sometimes fading upon drying), narrowly ovate to elliptic, clawed, 2–4(–5) mm, 2+ times as long as sepals; filaments linear, flattened; pistils distinct almost to base; ovary superior, (to 1/3 adnate to hypanthium). |
sepals spreading, ovate, (often tangled brown-hairy); petals white, not spotted, ovate to elliptic, clawed, 2–4 mm, longer than sepals; filaments linear, flattened to slightly club-shaped; pistils distinct almost to base; ovary superior, (to 1/3 adnate to hypanthium). |
Capsules | green, ± purple tinged, folliclelike. |
greenish to reddish purple, folliclelike. |
2n | = 20, 38, 56, 58. |
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Micranthes careyana |
Micranthes rufidula |
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Phenology | Flowering spring–early summer. | Flowering late winter–summer. |
Habitat | Moist soil at bases of vertical or overhanging rock outcrops, seeps | Wet to dry, rocky ledges |
Elevation | 500-1600 m (1600-5200 ft) | 0-3000 m (0-9800 ft) |
Distribution |
AL; GA; KY; NC; TN; VA; WV |
CA; OR; WA; BC
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Discussion | Micranthes careyana is very similar to M. caroliniana; both are in need of study. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 8, p. 61. | FNA vol. 8, p. 62. |
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Synonyms | Saxifraga careyana, Saxifraga tennesseensis | Saxifraga aequidentata, Saxifraga occidentalis subsp. rufidula, Saxifraga occidentalis var. rufidula, Saxifraga rufidula |
Name authority | (A. Gray) Small: Fl. S.E. U.S., 501. 1903 , | Small: in N. L. Britton et al., N. Amer. Fl. 22: 140. (1905) |
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